Concrete shingle.



E. P. AUGER.

CONCRETE SHINGLE. APPLICATION PILPD sPP'. 25, 1908.

91 2,057. Patented Feb. 9, 17909.

b1/@lineman EMERY I. AUGER, OF CORINTH., MISSISSIPPI.

CONCRETE SHINGLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

Application led September 25, 19108.. Serial. No. 454,700.

To 'all lwhom 'i't may concern:

Be-it known that I, EMERY P. AUGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Corinth, in the county of Alcorn and State 4of Mississippi,have invented new and useful Improvements in Concrete Shingles, of whichthe following'is a specification. This invention relates to shingles,the object of the invention being to provide a shingle the body of whichis formed of concrete and which combines fastening means in the form ofstaples or eyes', portions of which are embedded in the body of ,theshingle during the molding thereof and which enables the shingle to befastened to the sheathin of a roof in an expeditious and practicamanner, avoiding liability of fracturing other shingles adjacent to theshingle being fastened vin place.

A further object of the invention is to provide reliable means forproperly directing the water as it drains from the shingles preventingsaid water from nding its way around the edges of the shingles whichwould result in a'leaky roof.

With the above and further objects in view, the invention consists inthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinfully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings z-Figure l is a lan view of a small sectionof a roof showing the mannerv of associating a plurality of shinglestherewith. Fig. 2 1s a vertical section through the same'on an enlargedscale. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of, 4one of the shingles lookingtoward the upper face thereof. Fig. 4 is a reverse view .of saidshingle. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of a finishing shinglesection. Fig. 6 is an underside perspectlve view of one of the shinglesof which the primary and final courses are composed.

The shingle which is composed in the main of concrete comprises asubstantially square or rectangular body l and a tapering tongue 2projecting from the upper `edge thereof and lying in the same plane withthe body of the shingle, as clearly shown'in Figs. 3 and 4. The base ofthe tongue 2 -where it joins the body 1 of the shinvle is of materiallyless width than said bodgy so as to leave oppositely located shoulders 3in which are embedded portions of fastening staples 4 of soft pliablewire adapted to be bent back so as to project from the under side of theshingle, as best illustrated in Fig. 4 to receive nails or otherfasteners as will hereinafter appear. Another fastening stapleis'embedded in the extreme edge of the tongue 2, said staple beingindicatedvat 5. Still another fastening staple is by preference embeddedinthe body 1 of the shingle being shown at 6 as projecting from theunder side of the shingle to receive one of the nails or fasteners.

On its underside, the body of the shingle is provided with a4 stop watergroove 7 eX- tending along close to and parallel with the bottom edge ofthe shingle while intersecting and communicating with the groove 7 areother parallel stop water grooves 8 which run from the groove 7 upwardand terminate just short of the shoulders 3, as clearly seen in Fig. 4.On its reverse orupper face, the

shingle is also provided with parallel water diverting grooves whichwhen av number of shingles are assembled lie at opposite sides of the jointin edgesof overlying shingles, as clearly indicated in Fig. 1whereby any -water passing between the jointing edges of the shingles iscaught between the grooves 9 and prevented fromtraveling beyond thegrooves and findingv its way around the edges of the tongue. The grooves9 extend below the line of the junction of'the body l and tongue 2 ofthe shingle, as best illustrated in Fig. 3 and terminate in obtuseangled extensions 10 which are directed upward toward the shoulders 3 sothat the water is forced to ofv the shingle in 1ts further downwardmovement.

pass over the body 1.

In Fig. 5, I have shown the finishing shingle section which-isequivalentfto one- -half of the shingle, the same being adapted to nishout the roof gables, while in F1g. 6,v

I have shown a shingle without thetongue 2 which is' used for theprimary and nal courses of the roof.

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In Fig. 1 the rafters are represented at 11 while the sheathing stripsare represented at 12. e

AIn Fig. 2 the vmanner of applyin the shingles to the sheathing stripsis c early illustrated and it will be observed that the staples 4, 5 and6 rest against the top edges staples into .the top edges of thesheathing strips. Wire may be used in heu of the vnails 13 if desired,but nails or their equivalent are ordinarily preferred. By driving thenails or other fasteners into the top edges of the sheathing strips, thevibration of the sheathing strips is overcome and there is littlelikelihood of fracturing adj acently located shingles while fasteningany particular shingle in place. Furthermore, practically l all thestrain is removed from the nails or fastening devices and placeddirectly on the roof structure comprising the sheathing strips andrafters as will be readily apparent by an inspection of Fig. 2.

Having described the invention, what I claim is y l. A shingle composedof concrete and embodying a rectangular body and a tapering tongueforming an extensionfrom the upper edge of the body of less width thanthe body, shoulders formed by the body projecting laterally beyond thetongue at the base of the latter, and fastening staples embedded in saidshoulders and the extremity of the tongue and adapted to be bentlaterally toward the underside of the shingle.

2. A shingle composed of concrete and embodying a rectangular body and atapering tongue forming an extension from the upper edge of the body andof lesswidth than the v body, shoulders formed by the body projectinglaterally beyond the tongue at the base of the latter, and fasteningstaples embedded in said shoulders and the extremity of the tongue andthe rear side of the body and adapted to be bent laterally to projectaway from the underside of the shingle.

3. A shingle composed of concrete and embodying a rectangular body and atapering tongue forming an extension from the upp'er edge of the bodyand of lem width than the body, shoulders formed by the body projectinglaterally beyond the tongue atfthe base of the latter, said tongue beingprovided on its upper face with parallel grooves located at oppositesides of the jointing edges of the overlying shingles and terminating attheir lower ends in acute angled extensions and fastening staplesembedded in the body and tongue of the shingle and adapted to be bentback so as to project from the underside of the shingle, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I aliiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

` y EMERY P. AUGER. Witnesses:

Jon SURATT, W. B. WILSON.

